Tuesday 7 April 2015

A few more images of our Hawk Experience.......................... on Easter Sunday

 A few more images from our day out at Stockley Farm on Sunday.

 We got to hold this magnificent Ferruginous Hawk... a native of North America.
 There were just six of us in our Hawk Experience group during the morning.

We stayed to watch the public display in the afternoon... here is "Spike" entertaining the kids.

They also had a Buzzard in the display... called "Buzz" (the last two images are Mandys)

 It was quite noisy and "Buzz" decided to do his own thing for a while.

...landing on the cowshed roof... giving me a great photo opportunity...

 ... he had a roam about for ten minutes or so before coming back to Pam his handler...

Here he is with Mandy after his exploits... he's a beautiful bird.

Stockley is a working farm and a wonderful place for kids to visit and learn about farm animals.
...more images to share soon...

Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday and Sky Watch Friday

16 comments:

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

FAbulous shots and a wonderful experience. Love ethe pig.

TexWisGirl said...

love the raptors. such amazing bills and talons! love the hog!

Carletta said...

Oh my Andrew! I can only imagine the thrill of the experience. Thank you for sharing your experience.
You got some outstanding shots!
I love the shot of the flying owl. I'm thinking the little girls are missing it. :)
Have a great week

Brian King said...

I couldn't imagine being that close to one of those great raptors, much less holding one! Awesome!

Bob Bushell said...

Brilliant images there Andrew, especially the Buzzard, fantastic.

eileeninmd said...

Awesome shots and cool raptors!

This N That said...

Wonderful raptors..Gorgeous pictures..

Michelle said...

Such beautiful birds and what a pig!

DeniseinVA said...

Fantastic photos Andrew, what an incredible experience too.

A Colorful World said...

Incredible shots! What an amazing day! Loved getting to see some more photos!

NatureFootstep said...

hawks are wonderful birds. Very nice images :)

Sylvia K said...

Oh, what beautiful birds and what a great trip!! Terrific captures as always, Andrew!! The raptors are awesome and a great pig, too!! Have a great weekend!!

Anonymous said...

Wow - brilliant shots!

sandyland said...

Soike is what kind of owl??

theconstantwalker said...

Barn Owl...

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